Ps, 95:1-3a O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord, let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation, Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the Lord is a great God...

Which just happens to be one of my (many) favourites :-).

I recently bought an old hymnal in a second hand book shop for this type of challenge - I have an old family hymn book, but could not bring myself to rip it apart, so this was my solution to that dilemma! When I opened it this morning to start this card, I was stunned that it fell open to this page!

This card was a joy to make as it was such a simple layout, the difficulty was in the detail!!

The music was torn across the bottom, and then I sponged the edges with Tim Holtz Distressing Ink, tea stain. The wee roses are from the Vintage Roses set from Layers of Color. I stamped them with some red ink and clear embossed them.

The butterfly was embossed with Bronze embossing powder, and it too is from Layers of Color, from their new release set Joyful Noise - I popped it up with dimensionals, and gave it some bling with the red half-pearls.

The ribbon did not want to be tied and I am still not that happy with the bow itself, but I felt it was time to leave well enough alone.

6 comments:

Hi Maxine - wecome back!! This is gorgeous! I love the hymnal and how you have used the Layers of Color art stamp set - you have used it so creatively! I love the colours and all of your detail - gorgeous!!

It is great to see you Maxine, although I think with another grandchild due anyday, you visit 'home' may only be fleeting! Looking forward to hearing some good news and am praying for your DIL and that darling babay - they are in good hands - HIS hands! God bless you my friend! {{{hugs}}}

Hi Maxine! Oh I am so glad to see you home and creating again! This is so pretty! I love the hymnal music and must find an old one I can tear into as well! I love the LOC butterfly done in bronze ep!!! Stunning and I love this card! So glad you were able to join us at Stampin Sisters in Christ!!! We miss you when you're gone!!!

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I am first and foremost a Christian, who was married to a most wonderful Godly man for 43 years. We were/I am blessed with two adult offspring and three beautiful grandchildren. There are also others in our 'patchwork family' whom we love dearly.

I am a New Zealander, aka a Kiwi, and have lived here all my life, although I have traveled to Australia and Tonga for holidays.

I love crafting and gardening. Housework and cooking are inescapable essentials!!